Diversity and distribution of the mouse opossums of the genus thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in northeastern and central Argentina;Diversidad y distribucion de las marmosas del genero thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) en el noreste y centro de Argentina

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Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-199

  Teta, Pablo ^a   D'Elía, Guillermo ^b   Flores, David ^a   de la Sancha, Noé ^c  

^a Museo Agentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia'   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Mouse opossum; References; Species limits; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955463670     PISSN: 0717652X     EISSN: 07176538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-65382009000200003     Document Type: Article

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